Jude: The Easy Study Bible Commentary: The Easy Study Bible Commentary Series, #65

By Dr. Trennis E. Killian

Jude: The Easy Study Bible Commentary

Not just for scholars but for anyone who struggles to understand the New Testament!

The Easy Study Bible Commentary takes The Easy Study Bible Diagramed and examines, describes and expounds upon each New Testament book, chapter by chapter, paragraph by paragraph, verse by verse and finally phrase by phrase.

In my many years of Bible study, I have found this arrangement to be the easiest to follow and understand.

I have done my best to write this commentary with the idea in mind of making it easier for you to understand and therefore apply the great teachings that God gave to each of us through the various books of the New Testament.

At the end of each section that we study, I will give you what I call my Greek Paraphrase. What I do is to take all of the expanded Greek definitions and put them together to help us better understand the passage.

The following example is from Jude 1:1-2:

Greeting

1 Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are the called, loved by God the Father, and kept by Jesus Christ. 2 May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

Greek Paraphrase of Verses: 1-2

Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ, and yet brother of James, to those who are the called, wrapped in the love of God the Father, and kept safe and secure by Jesus Christ. May mercy, peace, and love be lavished on you in abundance!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dr. Trennis E. Killian
• Release date: Jun 21, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223636793

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Jude

The Easy Study Bible Commentary

Dr. Trennis E. Killian

Copyright © 2011, 2017 by Dr. Trennis E. Killian

Christ Centered Ministries

Black Canyon City, Arizona

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Introduction

I want to make it clear right away that this commentary series is not just for Bible scholars or those who are well versed in the Greek New Testament.

Instead, this commentary series is for everyone who wants to study the Bible for understanding. It is for those who would like to study the New Testament with the knowledge of what the significant Greek words mean and how they fit into the context of each verse, chapter and book that you may be studying.

As a pastor, I have watched many Christians (not just new Christians either) struggle to better understand what God is saying to them through His Word.

I started doing this process more than twenty years ago when I was teaching a new member class at my church. As it turned out, I started with eight adults who were all either totally new to studying the Bible or they were not the strongest readers. Therefore, both groups were having a difficult time understanding the Bible.

So, I began by placing the verses of each lesson in a diagram form. When that proved to be helpful, I then began to take the Greek words and define them so they could understand the different meanings that each Greek word could have when translated into English.

The result was that the class soon became the largest class in the church and we all (especially me) learned a great deal about God’s Word in the process.

Therefore, this is the approach I have taken with this new Bible commentary series. I will show you how this is done with the example provided below,

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The Easy Study Bible Commentary takes The Easy Study Bible Diagramed and examines, describes and expounds upon each New Testament book, chapter by chapter, paragraph by paragraph, verse by verse and finally phrase by phrase.

In my many years of Bible study and teaching, I have found this arrangement to be the easiest to follow and understand.

I have done my best to write this commentary with the idea in mind of making it easier for you to understand and therefore apply the great teachings that God gave to each of us through the various books of the New Testament.

Here is an example of how I bring in the Greek definition of all significant words. I don’t put in the Greek word or the transliteration of the Greek word. I simply put the word as it is translated into the English, then I give the definition of the Greek word as it is in the context of the verse being studied.

This example is taken from the book of Jude, chapter one, verses one and two:

Verses 1-2

Jude uses the word ungodly five times in these twenty-five verses. This confirms one of the themes mentioned in the introduction. Jude was on fire about the ungodly behavior of the Jewish Christians. False teachers had misled them and he was trying to make them aware of the fact.

Greeting

¹ Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are the called, loved by God the Father, and kept by Jesus Christ. ² May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

¹ Jude,

a slave of Jesus Christ,

and brother of James,

to those

who are the called,

loved by God the Father,

and kept by Jesus Christ.

² May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

As mentioned in the introduction, Jude calls himself the brother of James. Since James was also the half-brother of Christ that means that Jude was too.

Jude is the only New Testament writer to use the word love this way in his greeting. Paul spoke of Timothy as his dearly loved son in 2 Timothy, but only Jude asked for the blessing of love to be given to them.

The word here is agape.

Verse: 1

¹ Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are the called, loved by God the Father, and kept by Jesus Christ.

¹ Jude,

a slave of Jesus Christ,

and brother of James,

to those

who are the called,

loved by God the Father,

and kept by Jesus Christ.

Phrase by phrase:

¹ Jude,

Jude – Judah or Judas = he shall be praised – the fourth son of Jacob; an unknown ancestor of Christ; a man surnamed the Galilean, who